Quotes on Want

So I think the winners in recession are the people who produce new technology that does things better, which people really want.

People want to see something that shows them you can do what you say. That's the trick.

There's a marvelous sense of mastery that comes with writing a sentence that sounds exactly as you want it to. It's like trying to write a song, making tiny tweaks, reading it out loud, shifting things to make it sound a certain way... Sometimes it feels like digging out of a hole, but sometimes it feels like flying. When it's working and the rhythm's there, it does feel like magic to me.

Anthroposophy does not want to impart knowledge. It seeks to awaken life.

You must ask for what you really want.

If you really want to improve technology, if you want things to work better and be better, you've got to protect the person who spends a lot of effort, money, and time developing that new technology.

Some people want everything to be perfect before they're willing to commit... But commitment always precedes achievement.

If you want to live a top shelf life then you need to stand on the books you have read. Never stop learning, never stop growing.

When people decide they want to be free, there is nothing that can stop them.

A method of painting is a natural growth out of a need. I want to express my feelings rather than illustrate them. Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement.

Awareness is the birthplace of possibility. Everything you want to do, everything you want to be, starts here.

Every time I see the bumper sticker that says “We think we’re humans having spiritual experiences, but we’re really spirits having human experiences,” I (a) think it’s true and (b) want to ram the car.

Charity, patience and tenderness are very beautiful gifts. If you have them, you want to share them with others.

To succeed in business you need to be original, but you also need to understand what your customers want.

Trust is built on telling the truth, not telling people what they want to hear.

Everybody wants to change the world, but nobody thinks about changing himself.

Forget everything you've ever learned about the stars and they'll once more be transformed into angels, or into children, or into whatever you want to believe at that moment. It won't make you more stupid - after all, it's only a game - but it could enrich your life.

I want to be as though newborn. To be almost primitive.

And that is why the man who wants to see clearly, before he will believe, never starts on the journey.

Paintings are too hard. The things I want to show are mechanical. Machines have less problems. I'd like to be a machine, wouldn't you?

I believe so much in the power of performance I don't want to convince people. I want them to experience it and come away convinced on their own.